Day 28 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary well it's a day off for me because I did it !! Draft chapter emailed to supervisor last night 🎉 What a relief This has been a really successful month - highs & lows, wading through treacle, & days of gd progress. March is data analysis - onwards! #PhDSky #PhDChat

A woman walks through a forested valley with a pack on her back and the path winds before her towards rocky mountains in the distance

Day 27 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Nearly there! then in March the exciting business of analysing my survey data 🎉 More editing the methodology chapter this morning & then tomorrow, after a final check, this draft can go to my supervisor #LittleSteps Walking the #PhD walk one step at a time #PhDSky

Day 26 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Well, only a few days left of my month of activity. Today, more editing of the methodology chapter. Need to be really clear about the 'why' - why mixed methods? why a survey? etc. I'm getting there & actually looking forward to getting stuck in this morning! #PhDSky

Day 25 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Good progress again yesterday - taking words out rather than putting them in, but repetition happens (a lot!) Today less #PhD time, I have school governor business to do & it's our Wedding Anniversay - 36 years! A bit of thinking/planning when driving about #PhDSky

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Day 24 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Another morning of writing scheduled today - editing, editing, editing that methodology. It is shaping up at last & I'm feeling positive about the distance I've travelled this month. #PhDSky Climbing that #PhD mountain 1 step at a time ! 👍🏻

Day 23 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay A very good writing/editing session yesterday even though I was poorly. Win! Today very little time but thinking is working too. Tomorrow editing, I need to email the draft to my supervisor by the end of the month. Feeling positive #PhDDky #LittleSteps

Day 22 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary yesterday I only had time for a little bit of planning. I'm hoping to write again today but not feeling great, so we'll see how the brain functions! Highs and Lows! #PhDSky Trying to do something every day in Feb for a big leap forward with my thesis. Join me?

Day 20 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Yesterday sorted structural issues. Today? A full day in a quiet house to write! Note to self don't let the P word get in the way ... starts googling cake recipes ... No stop! 🤣 Join me there's still time to do something every day in Feb to climb that #PhD mountain

Day 19 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay a good session of writing yesterday till I realised I needed to stop & get my thoughts organised by reading & planning again. So many things to cover in this chapter. More of this today as I only have about an hour spare ready for more writing tomorrow. #PhDSky

A woman is climbing a vertical rock face

Day 18 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary snatched a bit of planning reflection time testerday but a lot of writing planned for today. I really hope I can get another 1000+ words down then a review & edit over the next few days... but let's see! Got to climb that PhD mountain step by step. #PhDSky #PhDChat

Day 17 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay A good couple of hours writing yesterday, so I'm pleased with that. Today's plan is to regroup & spend an hour preparing for another longer writing session tomorrow. The chapter is shaping up much better now but still more to do. #LittleSteps #PhDSky #PhDChat

A woman is hiking along a long winding path between forested mountains

Day 16 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay a teeny bit of useful reading yesterday, but more writing/editing planned this morning. Why have I only just realised how useful the read aloud option is in Word - every day is a school day. So onwards on the long #PhD road #LittleSteps #PhDSky

Day 15 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary Today is going to be tricky but I hope to snatch 30 mins or an hour reading. Join me? Trying to do something every day this month to make big progress #PhDSky #PhDChat

A long empty road stretches ahead through a forest with hills and bumps on the way

Day 14 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary
Made some useful progress yesterday 10000+ words now, but still not necessarily in the right order! Another 2 hours available today to carry on - I will get this chapt done! #PhD Join me to make great progress this month - step by step! #PhDSky it's a long road!

Dsy 13 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary A good supervision meeting yesterday but a morning of writing that was like wading through treacle .... slowwwww! Back to it this morning following discussion with supervisor about signposting. Today I will write! Join me? #LittleSteps #PhDSky #PhDChat

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Day 12 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay I didn't get a lot done yesterday either, as I had lots of actual governance work to do. Today, I have several free hours and a supervision meeting, so I'm starting the big edit of my methodology chapter. #LittleSteps climbing that #PhD mountain #PhDSky

Day 11 #PhDEveryDay ##PhdSky Little progress today, as I’ve been working on a paid research project not related to my research. But sometimes you need to attend to skills and experience that might be useful AFTER your doctorate. Tomorrow will be much the same but I’ll finish reading a PhD paper too.

Day 11 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary Well, on my chapter read through yesterday I discovered how much repetition I have 🤦‍♀️ There are some good bits though - rewriting needed. Today I've an hour so take stock/plan for tomorrow when I've more time and a supervision meeting. #LittleSteps #PhDSky #PhDChat

Day 10 #PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Productive few hours writing yesterday & a longish train journey today means time for complete read through of chapt. Edit edit edit !! Feel like I'm making sense of it now - #LittleSteps Trying to do something every day this month to make great progress #PhDSky

Day 7 #PhDEveryDay #PhDSky today was a day in the field so no reading or writing. We ran a co-design workshop to imagine healthy happy futures in the neighbourhood, collaging and drawing postcards from the future. Best bit was cycling home through the beautiful Jesmond Dene with a friend. 🌳🚴‍♀️🌳

Day 6 #PhDEveryDay #PhDSky Read half a paper…I know, I know, doesn’t sound like much, but I mean I really read and absorbed it, drew mind maps, thought critically-it sank in. Progress! Also met with a colleague to decide how to reimagine our rejected paper. We have ideas and enthusiasm.

Day 6 #PhDEveryDay ##PhDFebruary Well, I only managed a very short bit of reading yesterday - a bit of a fail. Today I'll have an hour to spare later so ... finish that article!! Sometimes plans don't work out ! #PhDSky #PhDChat

Day 5 #PhDEveryDay #PhDSky micro progress between life admin. 300 words on my conceptual lens, an unrelated meeting which allowed me to connect some of my thinking to practice, and a plan for some offline focussed reading today.

Day 5 ##PhDFebruary #PhDEveryDay Lots of family stuff for a few days so snatched work time. I did some useful reading about sampling yesterday & plan to read an article about focus groups today. Reading & thinking - the building bricks for my next writing session #LittleSteps #PhDSky #PhDChat

Day 4 #PhDEveryDay #PhDSky Ot was slow going today, but I managed to make a start on some writing and focus in on some reading. I just find it so hard to know when to stop, what is enough? I could read forever. I guess my supervisors will critique this when I share my writing.

Day 4 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary Well, yesterday didn't go as well as I hoped - wading through treacle 😂 I realise I need to do more reading & thinking to be able to support my decisions. I did some more organising of the structure & wrote maybe 300 words. Today? - reading about sampling. #PhDSky

Great - sometimes we have to snatch moments for thinking and planning when we can ! #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary

Day 3 #PhDEveryDay #PhDSky Despite us all feeling under par today I had a good short meeting with my supervisors. Came home to look after (also poorly) youngest child but managed to plan a reading strategy for tomorrow. Hoping for a solid day of reading/writing on my first conceptual lens-belonging

A picture of a young woman hiking towards some mountains on a grassy valley footpath

Day 3 #PhDEveryDay ##PhDFebruary I've a free day today & hope to do a serious amount of writing after a couple of days of snatched time planning & thinking. So let's see how it goes - join me? I'm having a big push this month #LittleSteps to make a big leap forward #UKEd #UKEdGovs #PhDChat #PhDSky

Cover of a book about researching educatuin leadership a white background with four coloured crayons

Day 2 #PhDEveryDay #PhDFebruary Today, I'm doing more restructuring of my methodology chapt - adding subheadings so I can begin filling in more detail over the next few weeks. Why is it such a hard chapter to write? I'm finding this book helpful. Then I'm coooking roast chicken - yum! It's a plan